For the first decades of Israel’s existence, the above differences with Americans were papered over by the dominance of Labor Zionism, whose universalist rhetoric meshed nicely with liberal sensibilities, even if the security policies it pursued did not.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/headline/can-us-jews-love-the-real-israel-or-only-the-fantasy-version/2023/01/02/

It was, rather, the final chapter of two lives that also began in great proximity: Shalev and Geffen were born a little over a year apart in the agricultural community of Nahalal, the Camelot of the Labor Zionism movement.

Source: https://www.jewishtimes.com/meir-shalev-yehonatan-geffen-were-israeli-cultural-royalty/